I'm looking to buy a good contitioned SNES from the intrawebs, preferred from EU Countries and UK due to zero import taxes, and not exactly USA because of ludicrous shipping costs and customs.
So far I check the basics like amazon.co.uk and ebay.com does Sup Forums has any recommendations?
>PAL Version
>Wanting an even SLOWER Snes
No. Everything SNES is super overpriced by now and probably will continue to be so for some time, so I guess just bite the bullet and buy it now. Doesn't matter where from, everything is the same expensive shit.
Your best bet is to look out for places where collectors gather to buy and sell. They usually have the most fair prices.
In Germany it's called börse. We have "retrobörse" as what I believe is the largest one?
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Fleamarkets are actually more expensive here, and contain mostly resellers. I also heard they dried up in other places as well.
Looking only online?
Gonna be more expensive than traveling. And less fun probably. Look at what your country has to offer in terms of retro-gaming,
>Nintendo PAL shit.
It's not worth it, really! Save the money.
It's not worth getting the NTSC stuff either, because it won't work on PAL TVs.
SEGA was more successful in Europe for a reason.
Wait for the SNES Mini Classic Edition.
don't buy a pal version if you are able to get something else
50hz is a killer
>don't buy a pal version if you are able to get something else
NTSC shit doesn't work on PAL TVs.
Being outside of US/Japan there is absolutely no point in going for "retro" Nintendo hardware, because it was shit, when it came out and it still is shit.
At most you could go for some FPGA clone with a flash cart.
>PAL TVs
You're living in the 90s man. Unless youa re implying he might get a CTR as well
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You're correct about the NTSC Being superior but I just don't really liked the SNES NTSC bland design plus It was my favorite console before it died on me, so despire being a little inferior version nostalgia gets the best of me.
This or use an emulator with an Xbox 360/Ps2 controller.
Retro stuff is always overpriced online. You can probably find something in a car boot sale if you go every week.
>You're living in the 90s man.
What do you imply with this?
>Unless youa re implying he might get a CTR as well
Any TV you can get in Europe doesn't work with NTSC (S)NES. So unless you import a fucking expensive PVM, you not going to see anything.
I don't really know about the availability because the NES Classic mini was never instores since it's release in my country. I also know that Nintendo shipped a very insignificant number of these consoles, and I'm sure the SNES Mini (if it's going to be made) would meet the same fate.
>NTSC shit doesn't work on PAL TVs.
It does on any PAL TV made after ~1995
>It does on any PAL TV made after ~1995
No, it doesn't.
>50hz
>little inferior
Yeah it does
t. somebody who imported a lot of NTSC games into PAL land in the 90s
NTSC does work on PAL. I have a DVD recorder where you plug in the composite in the input and then the player outputs to my monitor via HDMI.
>I can convert NTSC to HDMI
Enjoy input lag!
You confuse PAL60 with NTSC.
NTSC works on on any PAL tv from 1990's and upwards
>You confuse PAL60 with NTSC.
No, I don't because a Super Famicom which I played on in the 90s did not output PAL60 but NTSC. I used a brand new PAL television.
Yes, I have seen televisions that support PAL60 without supporting NTSC but they are fairly rare.
>NTSC works on on ANY PAL tv from 1990's and upwards
Nope.
yes it fucking does, no pal60 crap, pure NTSC
I guess this is sort of true as there were many garbage TVs made in the 90s that neither supported PAL60 or NTSC.
Usually PAL60 and NTSC support comes together however. As written above, I did come across a TV that supported PAL60 but not NTSC (only once ever).
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If you can forsake authenticity for convenience, go with an aftermarket player.
I've had this one for a few years now and it works great. Can use OEM controllers as well.
It'll save you money in the long run, as having to buy an SNES and NES can be big $$$
Or just emulate everything for free and save money?
Even PAL60 support was very rare during the 90s. Finding NTSC decoders in PAL TVs was the exception, not the rule.
Now after phasing out CRTs, you still have native 50 Hz LCD panels, so PAL TV broadcasts don't judder. Means 60 Hz is completely gone except for PC monitors
(CRTs can switch refresh rate, LCDs can't, of course they still accept any digital input and convert it).
Look a local gaming store and buy from him since its better then getting it shipped
Retro stuff often gets damaged and then you have the trouble with returning/getting your money refunded
>Look a local gaming store
This is cute.
"Local gaming stores" selling old Nintendo shit don't exist in Europe. Because nobody buys that here.
As the owner of a PAL SNES I heavily suggest getting an adapter for US games which you should be playing above gimped PAL releases. If you can't do that, get Terranigma or Twinbee games (PAL/JP release only) while researching your 50/60hz moding options and adapters.
don't get PAL, wait for SNES mini, and just emulate until then.
obviously you know why PAL is shit, but it's also expensive buying PAL games. you're paying ridiculous prices for shit versions.
while i agree with you on the design and controllers being better, it's just not worth it. NES classic is doing well, SNES classic will happen.
>buying a system even a shitty phone can emulate
For what reason?
Nostalgia. I was born in 1991.
For the inflated costs of getting a working system you could probably get just the shell/a dead one, gut it and stick a raspberry pi inside it and play ALL the games, preserving MUH NOSTALGIA while having patrician taste at the same time.
I'm also from PAL land and can tell you that in regards to a SNES, you'll definitely want to invest in some sort of region converter or just get an NTSC SNES. PAL missed out on many games (namely every Square rpg) and they are usually way more expensive than the american counterparts.
I remember removing the plastic tabs to play the jap dbz games I'd bought on ebay before discovering amazon.
My fucking nigger
Just get the Japanese SuFami, OP.
It's not like most SNES games require you to be able to read the text and for those that do, like aLttP, just buy both the Jap and American versions and then PCB swap them. A little more costly but worth it.